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Meaning of coarse-graining | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The rescaling of a phenomenon into units or cells of size close to the uncertainty of measurement.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“As human observers we focus almost entirely on coarse-grainings of this quasiclassical realm. However, quantum theory does not distinguish the classical realm from other decoherent sets...”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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